Guild Wars 2

Blanche Neige.7241:

sTiLz.9712:

It’s very possible that Anet are using metrics to decide who has a higher chance to get drops based upon groups and subsets of groups that fall within certain criteria they wish to test for the beta.

For example :- A: 1000 players age 15-21, B: 1000 players age 22-30, C: 500 players age 31-40, 200 players age 41+

And how can they know their players’ ages?

This was merely an example of what they might be looking for as a target audience for testing the beta, not actual facts.

All companies when carrying out market research of a new product will target specific groups to find out which demographic has the best appeal/effect/sales. I dare say beta testing may use similar techniques.

I’ve done it with my own company so am aware of what’s involved in information gathering and what evolves from the statistical analysis of that information.

Male, age 46 ( I’ve been gaming since I was 12), ex hardcore gamer with 50+ betas tested for different games. I tested each beta very thoroughly and spent as much time as I could in each then supplied detailed briefings, bug reports, reviews and suggestions to the devs in each of those beta tests.

It’s very possible that Anet are using metrics to decide who has a higher chance to get drops based upon groups and subsets of groups that fall within certain criteria they wish to test for the beta.

For example :- A: 1000 players age 15-21, B: 1000 players age 22-30, C: 500 players age 31-40, D: 200 players age 41+

Then those categories are split into each of the classes. If you fall within those categories and there are still drops available you may be eligible for the chance of getting a beta key drop.

I’ve crafted an entire ascended set from the spoils of grinding SW anywhere from 6 to 16 hours a day since the beta key became available and still not seen it drop.

Anets handling of this situation is counterproductive since all it’s doing is making players frustrated at the non stop grindfests trying to get a key. This in turn may force people away from the game with the result being PEOPLE DON’T BUY THEIR EXPANSION.

I tried as you suggested KuKu but still no luck. I’m running a fresh install with no mods, switched off my anti virus and even DMZd my router to allow unrestricted access in/out of the router……..still nothing. These muppets need to get their act together.

For the record I’m in the UK just incase it’s to do with locale

It’s been well over 2 hours now and I’m still stuck with the “Connection errors detected” message. Some better advice on a queue system or even use a bit torrent downloader in future to distribute patches. This is shocking. 107Mb/s download speed cable connection still sitting doing nothing.

still getting “Connection error(s) detected. Retrying connection…”

Nothing at all has downloaded.

My 100mb/sec cable connection is just sitting there doing nothing

I’ve restarted the client bit still get the same message.